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x5x_tim

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Registered: 2010-06-13

Posts: 86

Mounting a subfolder

Is there any way to only mount a sub folder in the root of a file system?
I want to mount /Music in /dev/sda3 to ~/Music.
Is this possible or should I just create a symbolic link after mounting the entire file system.
Related: would it take more system recourses if I mount the entire file system and create a link, or is this difference not noticeable?

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: Mounting a subfolder

no I think you can mount a subfolder

EDIT : I stand corrected : you cannot do that, since Music will not be under /dev/sda3
you will have to mount the drive and then bind as andresp mentioned.

Last edited by Inxsible (2010-06-27 18:21:20)

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andresp

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Registered: 2010-05-29

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Re: Mounting a subfolder

You have to mount sda3. Then do a bind mount

mount --bind /mountpoint/Music ~/Music

x5x_tim

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Registered: 2010-06-13

Posts: 86

Re: Mounting a subfolder

You have to mount sda3. Then do a bind mount

mount --bind /mountpoint/Music ~/Music

Ok, thanks